Nicholas Carroll
- Born
- 1800-01-01 12:00:00
- Gender
- Male
- Place of migration
- Migrated to/Born in USA
Nicholas CARROLL was born about 1800 in the diocese of Ossory, parish of Lisdowney, County Laois, Ireland. His parents were: Laurent/Lawrence CARROLL and Mary FOGERTY [died prior to 1830].
He arrived in the U.S.A. about 1818.
On 13 July 1829 in Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA, he married Helena FINLEY/FINNELEY [also from the same diocese, parish of Mokelly]. Her parents were: Michael FINLEY and Margaret TINON [?], She had arrived in the USA a year before her marriage--about 1828.
Witnesses at the marriage were: Matthew Hogan, Thomas Dun/Dunn, Catherine Brophy, Helena Conneley, and several others.
Source:
"Parish Records of Prairie du Chien, Galena, and Fever River 1827-1833," Records of the American Catholic Historical Society, Philadelphia, Vol 22, p. 196.
Image: Market Day in County Laois, ca. 1900
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This is not my ancestor-JS
